Polls Shape Congress On Welfare And Crime Policy
The article argues that politicians in Washington are heavily guided by public opinion polls. It notes support for a guaranteed work program but opposition to a guaranteed income for nonworking individuals. It cites rising support for the death penalty and growing concern about crime, linking these trends to voters’ choice of President Nixon. Citizens of Washington Township are urged to express views to representatives and in Voice of the People to influence national policy.
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Countdown Elmer on fire metaphor and campus rioter punishment
Elmer compares fire to wine urging a gulp when young and a slow savoring with age. Former Census Bureau chief Richard Scammon advocates prison for campus rioters to dignify them. Others also call for prison as the sanction.
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Henry J. Taylor on Interest Rates and Inflation
Henry J. Taylor argues in a Congress briefing that high interest rates mirror inflation, not cause it. He warns deficit spending and expanded credit fuel money supply and rising prices, threatening the dollar’s value and savers’ purchasing power.
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Orwellian Fears Backdrop 1984 Parallels Across Nations
Russell Kirk argues America may avoid 1984 style predictions now but warns the decay of independence and local volition risks a grim new order. He cites Orwell fiction, China’s Cultural Revolution, and rising materialism as signs, noting Britain’s social decline and potential global drift toward total state control.
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Muskie praise and listen first approach in Nixon era
A satirical exchange criticizes the Nixon administration for listening more than acting. Muskie praises the President, while a Progress Report Director defends continued listening as progress, contrasting it with Johnson’s era. The piece ends urging readers to pass it on.
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Thunderhead G. Gaffsaddle
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Public Won’t Buy Kerner Report on Racial Division
Washington analysis argues the Kerner Commission’s One Year Later report fails to persuade Americans. It notes continued racial separation despite prosperity, minimal uplift for the Negro poor, and limited impact of civil rights laws. The piece questions whether economic incentives can quiet unrest or if the public rejects the whole package.
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Kerner
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Advisory Commission On National Disorders
Macleans Microscoops on France Vietnam and Ky
Charles de Gaulle visits provoke warnings from Maclean about France. The piece notes Napoleon and a new way to reason with France. It predicts Gen Ky and allies may flee to Europe if the US pulls out of Vietnam and calls for ending the VC winter campaign to free Army for spring student attacks at the Pentagon.
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This Day in History Highlights 1888 1920 and More
A snowstorm in 1888 killed over 202 people and paralyzed New York City for four days. In 1920 Taft’s body was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. By 1941 Roosevelt signed lend lease aiding Axis opponents. In 1958 Hawaii was admitted as the 50th state. Sidney Hillman called politics the science of who gets what when and why.
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